Tomorrow is George Harrison's birthday

[atanu]

Harrison, apart from being a Beatle, was many other things. In 1987-88, he was instrumental in bringing together musicians who were probably better than George himself under an umbrella named Travelling Wilburys. Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lyne and George himself collaborated to produce two albums: Traveling Wilburys Vol. I and Traveling Wilburys Vol. III.

As a remembrance of George, below I have shared links to a documentary of the group and the two albums that they produced.

The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 - YouTube

The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 - YouTube

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[Shaul]

R.I.P. George Harrison

 

[Howard Is]

I worked out how they got their name.

They were old. They planned a tour.

George said “The travelling will bury us”

 

[SalixIncendium]

That's does sound like a cool story behind the name, but sadly, not accurate.

"Wiburys" comes from what George and Jeff called their studio equipment. They originally coined the group, Trembling Wilburys, but decided to go with Traveling instead.

History – Traveling Wilburys

 

[Howard Is]

That's does sound like a cool story behind the name, but sadly, not accurate.

"Wiburys" comes from what George and Jeff called their studio equipment. They originally coined the group, Trembling Wilburys, but decided to go with Traveling instead.

History – Traveling Wilburys

Possibly. It's a magical mystery to us.

 

[Howard Is]

That's does sound like a cool story behind the name, but sadly, not accurate.

I am certain that it is accurate. I do witchypoo stuff in my room at night. Sometimes in broad daylight. Never in narrow daylight.

Here's another example ---- Eskimo Joe.
Top Aussie band.
Can you work out where their name comes from ?

"The argument over God, continues
In this house
All of us stand and point our fingers
At the ground
All of us stand and point our fingers
Straight down"

I'll give everyone some time to work it out before I reveal the answer.

 

[Howard Is]

If I had written that song, it would be "I can't see the point of fingers"